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Letters Patent No. 79,71, dated July 7, 1868. 4

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Be it known that I,E. I; WHITE, of Locke, in the county of Cayuga, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HorseHay-Forks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fuli, clear,

andexnct description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to Hinke and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specication.

Figure 1 is a sectonal'view of my improved hay-fork, taken through theline a: cv, iig. 2,a-nd showing it suspended from the crane-arm by thehoisting-rope.

and through the upper ends'ot` whichare formed square holes, tting uponthe squared parts; of the ends of the Figure 2V is a. side view of thefork.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a neat, simple, convenient,and eliective lhay-fork, 4and which shall at the same time be'strong`not liable to get ont of order, and easily operated; and it consists inthe construction of the fork, aidint-h'c'combirmtion ltherewith of theparts by which it is operated, as hereinafter more 'fully described. l u

A is the shank of the fork, which is made in substantially the mannerherein shown and described, thatis vto say, consisting of a horizontalbar, a, attached near its ends to the ends of the curved bai a2, fromAtheA middle part of the convex side oi' which projects a slotted hrm,a3, within the slot of which are pivoted the pulleys B and C. Y i D aretwo curved tines, which are connected andheld-in their proper ,relativeposition by a cross-bar, d',

bar a1 of the shank A, so as to connect the said tines D rigidly to theshank A.

E are thecnrvcd vines, connected together and held in their properrelative position hy the cross-bar e', and through the upper ends ofwhich are formed round holes, fitting upon tho -rounded parts of theends of the horizontal bar al ofthe shank A; so as to pivot the saidfines E to the said shank A.'

F is a crane, which should be pivoted `to the frame G of the barn, insuch a way that it may swing theloaded fork over the beam, so as todischarge the hay into the mow.

H is the hoisting-rope, one end of which is attached to thc projectingarm of the crane F, which passes down and around thc pulley D, up undaround the pulley I, pivoted to the end of thc projecting arm of thecrane F, and thence over suitable guide-pulleys to the place where thepower is applied, said guide-pulleys being so arranged that when theloaded fork has been raised to thc crane, the said hoisting-rope mayswing the cra-ne and bring the loaded fork over the mow.

J'is the tripping-rope, one end ot' which is attached to the middle partof the cross-har e of the pivoted tincs E.

The rope J then passes over the pulley C, up tothue crane F, and thenceover suitable guide'pulleys to ha.

convenient place to' hc reached and operated.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt- 4 Theconstruction of the shank A, consisting of the cross-bar a, whosereduced ends are fitted rigidly in the tincs D, and turn-freely in' thetines E, and whose arc a2 is provided with a slotted en rtension, a3,carrying the hoisting and trippingpulleys B C, all arranged as describedfor the purpose specified.

E. I. WHITE.

Witnesses:

JONATHAN DONALD, Jr., yDANIEL A. Wnrrn.

